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  • Subject: Re: tn5250-0.13.13 Field-Exit
  • From: Carey Evans <c.evans@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: 10 Oct 1999 10:36:10 +1300
  • User-Agent: Gnus/5.070097 (Pterodactyl Gnus v0.97) XEmacs/20.4 (Emerald)

GvdH@joka.de writes:

> If the cursor stands at the beginning of an eight digit field and I
> type e.g. "50" and hit field exit, the "50" moves two digits and not
> to the last two digits of the field.

> Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?

It's a bug.  Here's a patch that fixes it:

--- field.c.dist        Wed Sep  8 22:41:38 1999
+++ field.c     Sun Oct 10 10:31:23 1999
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
       break;
    case TN5250_FIELD_RIGHT_BLANK:
       TN5250_LOG(("Processing Adjust/Edit: Right Blank Fill\n"));
-      count_left = tn5250_field_count_right (This, y, x);
+      count_left = tn5250_field_count_left (This, y, x);
       tn5250_field_shift_right_fill(This,
            count_left, tn5250_ascii2ebcdic(' '));
       break;

-- 
         Carey Evans  http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/

               "This is where your sanity gives in..."
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